Box Score Score: Duke 7, VCU 0
Location: Durham, N.C (Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center)
Records: VCU 2-4, Duke 5-1

The Short Story: VCU Women's Tennis fell to No. 11 Duke, 7-0 Wednesday afternoon at the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center.

OPENING SERVE

• The Blue Devils earned the doubles point with wins in the No. 2 and No. 3 positions. Sophomore Gabriela Davidescu and sophomore Luminita Tutunaru were leading their Duke counterparts 5-4 in the No. 1 position when the point was clinched.
• In singles play, 116^th-ranked senior Paola Diaz Delgado battled eighth-ranked Duke senior Kelly Chen in the No 1 position. Delgado fought hard, but was defeated, 6-3, 6-4.
• Junior Shivani Manjanna battled in a three-set match in the No. 4 position. Manjanna took the first set, but dropped the second and narrowly lost the tiebreaker, 11-9.
• Freshman Lara Van Der Merwe played her first colligate match in the No. 6 singles position.

THE RESULTS

DOUBLES:
 
1. Gabriela Davidescu/Luminita Tutunaru (VCU) def. Meible Chi/Margaryta Bilokin (DU) 5-4 
2. Chloe Beck/Karolina Berankova (DU) def. Paolo Diaz Delgado/Noumea Witmus (VCU) 6-4 
3. Kelly Chen/Georgia Drummy (DU) def. Alessia Ciuca/Shivani Manjanna (VCU) 6-1 
 
Order of Finish: 3,2
 
SINGLES: 
 
1. #8 Kelly Chen (DU) def. #116 Paolo Diaz Delgado (VCU) 6-3, 6-4 
2. #28 Georgia Drummy (DU) def. Luminita Tutunaru (VCU) 6-1, 6-2 
3. #29 Chloe Beck (DU) def. Alessia Ciuca (VCU) 6-1, 6-1
4. #111 Meible Chi (DU) def. Noumea Witmus (VCU) 6-4, 6-1 
5. #44 Margaryta Bilokin (DU) def. Shivani Manjanna (VCU) 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (11-9) 
6. #95 Karolina Berankova (DU) def. Lara Van der Merwe (VCU) 6-0, 6-1 
 
Order of Finish – 2,6,3,4,1,5
 
UP NEXT

The Rams will return home to face Davidson at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Thalhimer Tennis Center. Spectators are not allowed into the tennis center at this time.